2013 Theme and track descriptions

2013 Theme and track descriptions

Theme

Approved Theme:
"Opening Minds to Open Solutions"

Subheading/strapline:
"Working together to support the academic mission"

 


Tracks

  • Developing

  • Using

  • Growing

  • Beyond

Developing

Creating, Designing, Planning, Deploying, Enhancing. This track is for instructors, software developers, system engineers, and anyone that develops solutions, content, or the platforms that run, connect, or secure them.

Using

Teaching, Learning, Practicing, Researching, Running, Consuming. This track is for sharing case studies, effective practices, lessons learned, or strategies to help your colleagues using Apereo software and other applications or services around the globe.

Growing

Advocating, Leading, Expanding, Governing, Connecting. This track is for promoting solutions, bridging communities, and increasing adoption of academic software, solutions, and practices.

Beyond

There are many ways to share knowledge and inspire solutions, and they don't always fit into tidy labels.  This track is for all other presentation proposals that go beyond developing, using, and growing.

 


Session Types

 

  • Track Session

  • Showcase Night/Reception

  • Birds of a Feather Discussion

  • Pre-conference workshop (half day)

  • Pre-conference workshop (full day)

Track Session

The conference session presentations will run for 45 minutes with an open format. Presentations can be information sessions, panel discussions, or other speaking events. For information sessions, we recommend 30 minutes for the presentation and 15 minutes reserved for audience questions and answers. We DO NOT require presentations to center on Apereo products or projects. When developing presentations, please consider the issues, opportunities, and innovations that are most central to best practices and/or success in technology-enabled teaching, learning, and research.

Birds of a Feather Discussion

Please suggest a topic for informal collaboration and discussion. There is no need to prepare a presentation for these sessions. This is simply an opportunity for like-minded folk to meet and share.

Showcase Night/Reception

One evening during the conference community members will gather to eat, drink and share innovations. Please consider providing a demo of your work and discussing it with community members in an informal setting. The conference will provide a table and access to electricity and wifi. If you need additional equipment, please indicate so in the "Abstract for Review."

Pre-conference Workshop

Please propose an in-depth, hands-on workshop to be offered the day before the main conference begins. Workshops can either be half-day (3 hours) or full-day (6 hours). They should be highly interactive, allowing attendees to explore, review, practice, or produce outcomes based on the topic and goals of the event. Please indicate whether the workshop will be offered for free or will require a fee. The typical fee is $150 for half-day workshops or $300 for full-day.

 


Level

Purpose:This field identifies the expected or recommended knowledge level of the attendee for the session.

  1. All

  2. Advanced

  3. Intermediate

  4. Beginner

 


Type - Audience, Project, and Interest

 

  1. Audience: Administrator/Executive

  2. Audience: Advocate

  3. Audience: Developer

  4. Audience: Faculty

  5. Audience: Instructional Designer

  6. Audience: Librarian

  7. Audience: Newcomer

  8. Audience: Other

  9. Audience: Student

  10. Audience: Technical/Functional Manager

  11. Audience: User Support

  12. Project: 2/3/98

  13. Project: Bedework

  14. Project: CAS

  15. Project: Incubator

  16. Project: Other

  17. Project: Portlets

  18. Project: Sakai CLE

  19. Project: Sakai OAE

  20. Project: Sakai OSP

  21. Project: Student Success Plan

  22. Project: uMobile

  23. Project: uPortal

  24. Project: OpenRegistry

  25. Interest: Accessibility

  26. Interest: Awareness and Advocacy

  27. Interest: Blended/Hybrid Learning

  28. Interest: Online/Self-Paced Learning

  29. Interest: CIFER

  30. Interest: Documentation

  31. Interest: Getting Started

  32. Interest: Identity and Access Management

  33. Interest: Integration

  34. Interest: Internationalization (i18n)

  35. Interest: Learning Analytics

  36. Interest: Media/Multimedia

  37. Interest: Mobility

  38. Interest: Security

  39. Interest: User Experience

  40. Interest: CIFER

  41. Interest: Shibboleth

  42. Interest: Central Person Registry

  43. Interest: Duraspace

  44. Interest: Internet2

  45. Interest: Kuali